For Immediate Release: August 30, 2010 Contact: Eddie Owens, APR, Director of Corporate Communications
(office: 806.788.4863; cell: 806.928.0462)
Area United Ways Benefit from
19th Annual Jacky Pierce Charity Classic
LUBBOCK (special) –United Supermarkets’ 2010 Jacky Pierce Charity Classic golf tournament raised an all-time record $200,000 for the 14 United Way organizations which serve the United Supermarkets trade area.
The tournament was held Aug. 29-30 at Lubbock Country Club, and proceeds to those organizations were presented during a special ceremony between the morning and afternoon flights on Aug. 30. Monies were awarded on a percentage basis according to store sales in the region served by each United Way.
The breakdown of dollars presented to United Ways in each United Supermarket trade area is:
United Way of Abilene $10,599.32 United Way of Amarillo and Canyon $33,585.40 Dallam-Hartley Counties United Way (Dalhart) $2,905.05 United Way of Metropolitan Dallas $25,400.65 Graham Area United Way $2,682.26 Hutchinson County United Way (Borger) $3,689.01 Lubbock Area United Way $71,040.33 United Way of Moore County (Dumas) $1,473.36 North Texas Area United Way (Wichita Falls) $20,599.43 Ochiltree United Way (Perryton) $3,105.61 Pampa United Way $3,743.90 Plainview Area United Way $10,533.43 Scurry County United Way (Snyder) $4,437.59 United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County $6,244.65 It is named in honor of United Supermarkets’ longtime produce director, Jacky Pierce, who guided the event from its infancy until losing a lengthy battle with cancer in August 2002. The tournament was renamed to honor his memory in 2003.
About United Supermarkets
Now in its 94th year of operation, United Supermarkets, LLC, is a Texas-based, family-owned grocery chain with stores in 30 markets across north and west Texas. A self-distributing company with its headquarters and distribution center in Lubbock, United currently operates 50 stores under three distinct formats: United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos United.